6. Alanis Morissette
Any 90s girl gets chills when they remember how Alanis Morissette most perfectly described their angsty love life back in the day. So when Alanis appeared on the stage with Taylor for her August 24 show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, it wasn’t a huge surprise that people completely freaked for the blast from the past. Together, the two performed Alanis’ hit “You Oughta Know.” As Alanis came to the stage, Taylor introduced her in the best kind of way: “She inspired a generation of confessional female singer-songwriters who all of a sudden felt like you could actually say these raw feelings that you had; you could actually sing about your real life, you could put detail to it, you could get really, really mad if you wanted to. And I think it’s fair to say that so many of the female singer-songwriters of my generation, including myself, would not write the way that we do without her and her music. And she has written some of the most brilliant music – in particular probably the greatest breakup song of all-time.”
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